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Japan's Care Crisis Inspires Controversial Amputation Debate

A Japanese doctor-turned-author has ignited fierce debate by proposing elective amputation of paralysed limbs to ease the burden on carers in super-ageing Japan, where the film adaptation of his novel has become unexpectedly controversial.

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